Job 3:23
To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
In Context
22Who are glad — unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.
24For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.
Cross References
Job 13:27And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
Job 19:8My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
Psalms 31:8And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.
Psalms 88:9Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
Hosea 2:6Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.
Matthew Henry on Job 3:21-26
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.… Read the whole commentary →